State Water Project

December 21, 2016

Storms Dent, Don’t End Drought From the Department of Water Resources: With reservoirs rising from December storms, the Department of...

Reactions to State Water Project initial allocation

December 1, 2016

On Tuesday, the Department of Water Resources announced a State Water Project initial allocation of 20%. Here’s what agencies and...

THIS JUST IN … Initial State Water Project allocation set at 20%

November 28, 2016

Drought Continues Despite Early-Season Rainfall Still early in California’s rainy season, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) today announced its...

California Water Fix releases biological assessment

Delta Conveyance Project Water project operations

August 3, 2016

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and DWR Release Revised Draft Species-by-Species Analysis From the California Water Fix website: The California Department...

This just in … Westlands Water District and the San Luis & Delta Mendota Water Authority file suit against Reclamation

Westlands Water District

Water project operations

July 8, 2016

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Fails to Consider the Environmental Impacts of Biological Opinions Which Have Been Devastating Communities, they say...

Panel discussion: The state of the state’s water system

Notebook News and Features Water project operations

June 22, 2016

Panel members review the year’s hydrology, discuss ongoing state initiatives At last month’s ACWA conference, a panel of agency officials...

California Water Commission: Update on State Water Project operations and issues

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

June 7, 2016

Acting Deputy Director of the State Water Project reports on forced outages, and the status of planned maintenance and upgrades...

Delta Stewardship Council: Independent science review panels and the biological opinions

Notebook News and Features Water project operations

May 19, 2016

Panel at the Delta Stewardship Council discusses the effectiveness and impact of the yearly independent science panel review of the...

Kern County Water Agency, Southern California Water Committee, and the State Water Contractors react to increase in SWP Allocation

April 22, 2016

Yesterday, the Department of Water Resources increased its water delivery estimate for most state water contractors to 60 percent, mostly...

This just in … State Water Project Allocation Increased to 60%

April 21, 2016

From the Department of Water Resources: With runoff from spring storms boosting reservoir levels, the Department of Water Resources (DWR)...

This just in … State Water Project Allocation Increased to 45%

Legislator/Elected Official

March 17, 2016

Storms Improve Conditions, but Drought Remains From the Department of Water Resources: With March storms boosting reservoir levels, the Department...

This just in … Feinstein Calls for Increased Pumping to Capture Water from March Storms

Water project operations

March 11, 2016

From the office of Senator Dianne Feinstein: Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released the following statement calling on federal agencies...

Delta Independent Science Board: Water Supply Reliability Panel